Enantiodifferentiation of acyclic phosphonium salts in chiral liquid crystalline solutions
Abstract The enantiodifferentiation of acyclic phosphonium salts bearing a stereogenic centre, whether on the phosphorus atom or on one of its substituents, was investigated by 2 H–{ 1 H}, 13 C–{ 1 H} and 31 P–{ 1 H} NMR in chiral liquid crystals composed of a polypeptide dissolved in an organic solvent. For the first time, the enantiomers of P-chirogenic phosphorus compounds were discriminated in these anisotropic media, affording good to excellent separation of the signals, allowing the determination of their proportion. While 31 P–{ 1 H} NMR spectra showed no chiral separation, 2 H–{ 1 H} NMR was efficient in the enantiodifferentiation of an isotopically labelled compound. Better still, …
NMR enantiodifferentiation of triphenylphosphonium salts by chiral hexacoordinated phosphate anions
BINPHAT anion—rather than TRISPHAT—is an efficient NMR chiral shift reagent for triphenylphosphonium salts containing stereogenic centers on the aliphatic side-chain. BINPHAT—rather than TRISPHAT—anion is an efficient NMR (1H and 31P) chiral shift reagent for chiral triphenylphosphonium salts.
Efficient Synthesis of β-Halogeno Protected L-Alanines and Their β-Phosphonium Derivatives.
Abstract Ring opening of oxazolines, prepared from l -serinates, with trimethylsilyl halides (TMSX) led to β-halogeno-N-benzoyl-α-amino esters in good to excellent yields. Quaternization of triphenylphosphine by the β-bromo or -iodo amino esters gave the corresponding β-phosphonium salts in overall yields of up to 93% and with e.e. >96%. Hydrolysis of the ester function afforded the phosphonium salt bearing an N-benzoyl-α-amino acid substituent, with partial racemization. However, the reaction of the TMSX with the carboxylic salt, prepared by saponification of the starting oxazoline ester, furnished the corresponding β-halogeno-N-benzoyl-α-amino acids in 70–95% yields. Quaternization of tri…
A novel phosphorus–carbon bond formation by ring opening with diethyl phosphite of oxazolines derived from serine
Abstract A new reaction of oxazolines derived from serine with diethyl phosphite leading to ring opening products with P–C bond formation is reported. This reaction, which proceeds under neutral conditions and without the use of any halogenated intermediate, results in a mixture of racemic α- and β-phosphono alanines in an approximate 1:2 ratio, with isolated yields up to 77%. The mechanism involves the rearrangement of the oxazoline into the corresponding α-benzamido acrylate, followed by addition of the diethyl phosphite to the double bond. Since no significant transesterification is observed, this method constitutes a simple route for α- and β-phosphono amino acids bearing suitable prote…